SUR Restaurant and Lounge

"If you're in need of a lunch break that'll help you forget how bad the first half of your day has been going, go to Sur. The casual spot has a small menu of sandwiches, empanadas, and salads. It's all really delicious—especially the simple brie and salami sandwich. Their empanadas are also some of our favorite Argentinian empanadas in town. But please try to come here on Friday, when they make excellent Argentinian pizza by the slice. The dining room has counter seating good for solo diners and tables perfect for a lunch date. It's a great place to work or just hang out for a lazy meal." - ryan pfeffer

"A West Hollywood hotspot known for its lively atmosphere and as the backdrop for Vanderpump Rules." - Rebecca Roland

"On Fridays (and only on Fridays), this casual Argentinian lunch spot in Little Haiti has a counter full of thick, square slices with crispy crust and delicious Argentinian-style toppings. We have loved every pizza we’ve eaten, which range from ones topped with hard-boiled eggs and olives to their version of a fugazza, which is covered in onions and mozzarella. This is a Friday lunch break that’ll give you the motivation to make it through the week, and their slightly hidden backyard patio is a great call if the weather’s nice. " - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo

"Dining ironically is one of life's great pleasures. Mapping out your 17-mile drive to the nearest Red Lobster to pummel Cheddar Bay Biscuits into your mouth, or throwing back Fireball shots and flying off the mechanical bull at Saddle Ranch are experiences we all need from time to time. But for these types of restaurants to work, there has to be a kernel of genuine joy somewhere deep down, something to look forward to beyond the cringiness. SUR—a gaudy, TV-famous restaurant that should be the epitome of ironic dining—offers nothing of the sort. If you feel like you’ve heard of this place but aren’t sure why, it’s the restaurant everybody works at on Vanderpump Rules , the mindless reality show that pops up every year on Bravo. To be clear, Vanderpump Rules is a fun show, and creating television about your restaurant is smart business in this town. Have your cake and eat it too, Lisa. What we hold against SUR, however, is the fact that everyone who works here assumes that, because it’s the set of a TV show, it’s exempt from being a functioning restaurant. Guess what? It’s not. Simply by walking into this place, you start to feel duped. There’s a significant chance your reservation was lost the second you made it, and now your table has been usurped by an influencer whose sole IMDB credit is an episode of Married To Medicine . On our most recent visit, we drank from filled water glasses set out on our table, only to be informed moments later by an unbothered server that they were left behind from the previous table. The massive, overdecorated interior is essentially what it looks like on TV, but unless you’re hopped up on Benadryl after putting your kids to bed, the charm of cheap drapery and pink accent lighting disappears quickly. It gets worse: The food is tasteless and served exclusively at room temperature, the $65 bottle of salmon-colored cough syrup they're selling as “Vanderpump Rosé” is undrinkable, and you'll struggle to spot any of your favorites from the show (spoiler: they aren’t there). And even if they were, it’d be ridiculous to expect them to be as animated or engaged in person as the manufactured chaos on TV makes them out to be. And that’s precisely what’s wrong with SUR—everybody eating here is looking for an experience that doesn’t exist. Take a look around instead. There'll be a few catatonic employees staring off into space, some lost tourists searching for Mario Lopez, and 23-year-olds making TikToks for no one. That’s it. Nobody here is in on the joke because there’s no joke being told. SUR truly believes it's one of LA's great restaurants, and that's not ironic, it’s just delusional. " - Brant Cox

"Eating in a private dining room at Sur (a Vanderpump™ enterprise) means you have to eat at Sur, which is slightly unfortunate. But the newly hired manager at your company is insisting you need to have your holiday party “Somewhere Lisa will see me,” so you don’t have much choice in the matter. This place is always packed, and the cocktails will get you drunk enough that you’re OK with being here. The “VIP” room seats up to 14, the Moroccan-themed “Pinky Room” seats up to 28, and the “enchanted” Hidden Garden seats 65.  Capacity: 14, 28, 65" - Sylvio Martins, Kat Hong